Manuscripts by Subject - Family / Local History - #11193

Title: Buffalo Trails Museum Oral History and Film

Dates: 1949-2007

Collection Number: MSS 11193

Quantity: 1.5 feet

Abstract: Consists of cassette tapes and some transcripts of interviews of pioneers from Epping and the surrounding area. Also includes three 16mm films from the Lloyd Bjella family of area events and vacations to California and Canada, including the Epping High School band performing in the Calgary Stampede parade.

Provenance: The collection was donated to the State Historical Society of North Dakota by Shelly Alexander of the Buffalo Trails Museum in 2013. The project originated as part of the Bicentennial Oral History Project from the 1970s. Interviews went beyond this project and it was determined to create a separate collection. The Bjella film was brought to Ms. Alexander by Greg Bjella.

Property rights: The State Historical Society of North Dakota owns the property rights to the collection.

Copyrights: Copyrights to materials in this collection remain with the donor, publisher, author, or author's heirs. Researchers should consult the 1976 Copyright Act, Public Law 94-553, Title 17, U.S. Code and an archivist at this repository if clarification of copyright requirements is needed.

Access: This collection is open under the rules and regulations of the State Historical Society of North Dakota.

Citation: Researchers are requested to cite the collection title, collection number, and the State Historical Society of North Dakota in all footnote and bibliographic references.

Film can 3:
001 Calgary Stampede – Epping and Alamo bands in parade; views of Calgary; band picnic; swimming in pool; practicing by school; another band performing in stadium; other parade views and stampede 1955